School of MedicineUMKC Students
Please consult your ETC and the Curriculum Council’s guidelines on electives prior to any final decisions. All electives in this database have been classified to assist you in your scheduling. Information on away electives is provided for you to aid you in your search and to give you the appropriate curriculum course number and category to which the experience is assigned. Updates are made regularly but the host institution will have the most up-to-date information on this experience.
To apply to an existing UMKC elective, please contact your ETC.
If you are planning on doing an in-town, out-of-town or international elective you must either:
Choose a pre-approved elective from this database and complete the Pre-Approved Out of Town Elective Form
Schedule a new electives that have not previously been approved by the Council on Curriculum by completing the New Elective/Clerkship Application and the Course Description Form. The Course Description form must be completed by the physician or "Office of Medical Education" of the school or hospital the student is applying to do the elective.
If you have not previously used VSAS and need authorization, please contact Susan Hathaway at hathaways@umkc.edu.
To have paperwork completed for away electives, please see Cherie Burton on Red 4.
Visiting Students
To view the UMKC catalog of elective, please click the UMKC button. Please note that not all UMKC electives are available to visiting students. Complete guidelines for applying to an elective can be found by clicking here.